Theoretical investigation of the electronic structure and quantum transport in the graphene-C(111) diamond surface system

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 43, 2013, Pages

  Selli, Daniele ^a   Baburin, Igor ^a   Leoni, Stefano ^a   Zhu, Zhen ^b   Tománek, David ^b   Seifert, Gotthard ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); ANISOTROPIC TRANSPORT; DIAMOND SUBSTRATES; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; ELECTRONIC NANODEVICES; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; POLYACETYLENE CHAINS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84886934763     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/43/435302     Document Type: Article

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